Новости за 22.07.2016

This story first appearead at Rewire.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton has frequently claimed to be a progressive, though she often adds the unnecessary and bewildering caveat that she’s a “progressive who likes to get things done.” I’ve never been sure what that is supposed to mean, except as a possible prelude to or excuse for giving up progressive values to seal some unknown deal in... Читать дальше...

Corey Menafee was a custodial services worker at Yale University until June 1, when he showed up for work and, on the spur of the moment, shattered a piece of his institution's legacy of systemic racism and enslavement. With the handle of his broom, he broke a stained glass window depicting two enslaved black people, which ornamented the wood-paneled dining hall of Calhoun College—a dormitory built in the 1930s and named for a famous advocate of slavery, John C. Calhoun. Menafee lost his job and... Читать дальше...

This piece first appeared at FAIR.

A coalition airstrike reported on Tuesday that killed at least 85 Syrian civilians—one more than died in the Nice attack in France last week—wasn’t featured at all on the front pages of two of the top U.S. national newspapers, the New York Times and LA Times, and only merited brief blurbs on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, with the actual stories buried on pages A-16 and A-15, respectively.

According to the London Telegraph (7/19/16)... Читать дальше...